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...months, Mao has been out of Peking and on the move, occasionally meeting foreigners-such as Danish Premier Poul Hartling and President Omar Bongo of Gabon. At the same time, rumors abound that Mao's wife, Chiang Ching, is aggressively accumulating power for herself while Premier Chou En-lai remains in a hospital, recovering from a heart ailment. Chou still meets with visiting dignitaries, but many of his duties have been taken over by his Deputy Premiers...
Instead, Koster, one of the promising young combat generals in the Army -he was then only 48-became a key figure in a massive attempt to cover up the slaughter. When the story of My Lai broke, Koster was super intendent of West Point, often a steppingstone on the way up to the higher echelons of the Army. He resigned from his post and, after an investigation, was censured and reduced to brigadier general. He later retired from the Army...
...Peers investigation implicated more than 30 men in the My Lai massacre and its coverup. Many were never even charged. Twelve had the charges against them dismissed and three were acquitted after being court-martialed. Only Galley served time...
...Hero. Peers said that his massive investigation had turned up only one man who "had the decency to try to do something" about My Lai-a helicopter pilot named Hugh Thompson, who landed during the battle, tried to stop the killing and actually evacuated some wounded civilians to get them away from his berserk compatriots. "That man's the hero," Peers said...
Since the My Lai massacre, the Army has increased and improved the instruction every recruit receives on how civilians should be treated during war time. Ultimately, however, the conduct of U.S. troops in any future battle will depend on maturity, training and moral values in their officers-all qualities that were lacking at My Lai, as the Peers report clearly shows...